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CARD LEDGER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 10,1905.

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JAMES H. RAND, OF NEIVTONVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARD-LEDGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed July l0, 1905. Serial No. 268,960.

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Be it known that I, JAMES H. BAND, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Newtonville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Card-Ledgers, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to a card record or ledger designed for use in banks and mercantile establishments in place of ordinary ledgers or record-books.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved device of this character which permits entries to be conveniently made on the various account or record cards and enables any of the accounts to be quickly referred to.

In the accompanying drawings, consisting' of two sheets, Figure l is a top plan view of the device, showing detachable account-envelops on the flaps of the voucher files or holders. Fig'. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof, showing' holders adapted to receive entries directly upon their iiaps. Fig'. 3 is an end View of one of the holders shown in Fig. l. Fig'. A is a perspective view of another modification of the holder. Fig'. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of the detachable voucher-envelops. Fig'. 6 is a transverse section of the last-mentioned folder in line 6 6, Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. A indicates a rectangular' case or drawer adapted to receive a series of upright voucher holders, tiles, or pockets B. Each of these preferably consists of a two-leaf folder', the rear wall or leaf of which is provided at its upper edge with a fiap C, iiexibly connected therewith, so that the Hap can be swung or folded in either direction. The fiaps of the several holders normally overlap one another, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and each flap is adapted to receive account entries or other records either directlyT by suitably ruling its face or by means of detachable account or record cards or removable envelops or folders appropriately ruled on their faces and adapted to contain bank-vouchers or other papers relating' to the corresponding' accounts.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. l and 3 each Hap C carries an openended voucher-envelop D, which is removably attached thereto by inserting the corners of the envelop in oblique slits d, cut in the adjacent portions of the flap. These envelops bear the names of the respective accounts and are ruled into suitable c'olumns having appropriate headings, as shown.

Each flap C is provided at its free edge with an index-tab@which projects rearwardly from the iiap and bears the name, number, or other index designation of the corresponding account. Thc tabs of adjoining flaps are offset or arranged out of line with each other lengthwise of the device, so that they are all visible and can be readily seized for referring to a given ledger-card or making' an entry thereon. As the flaps are free to swing back and forth, this can be readily done without removing' the holders B from the box or drawer A.

In the construction shown in Fig. Q the entries are made directly upon the liaps C,which in this case are ruled according' to the requirements of the bank or other business for which the device is intended.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the flaps are provided with detachable account cards or slips D', having end tong'uesf, which engage in slits f', formed in the iiaps.

lf desired, the voucher-envelops shown in Figs. 1 and 3 may be in the form of a twoleaf folder D?, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The upper leaf of this folder may have end tongues like the record -card illustrated in Fig. A, and its lower leaf may be provided with a transparent panel g, arranged to eX- pose the signature on the front check of the package of vouchers placed in the folder.

In the use of the devices shown in Figs. l, 3, and 6 the bank-vouchers are returned to -the depositors in the folders or envelops when their accounts are balanced. In using the ledger shown in Fig. 4 when a record 01 account card is lilled up it is removed to a suitable transfer-tile and replaced by a new card.

`While the holders B are designed to contain vouchers or other papers, they may in some cases be used simply retainers for holding the flaps C in place.

y improved card-ledger not only facilitates the making of entries, but effects animportant saving of time when used as a vouchertile.

I claim as my inventionl. A card record or lcdg'er, comprising a drawer or receptacle, holders arranged therein and each having a swinging record-flap provided at its free edge with an index-tab, the several iiaps overlapping' one another. substantially as set forth.

2. A card record or ledger, comprising a IIO drawer or receptacle, holders arranged therein and provided at their upper edges with swinging aps which overlap one another, and detachable record-surfaces carried by said flaps, substantially as set forth.

3. A card record or ledger, comprising a drawer or receptacle, holders arranged therein and provided at their upper edges with swinging flaps which overlap one another, each iap being provided at its free edge with an index-tab, and detachable record-surfaces carried by said flaps, substantially as set forth.

4. A card record or ledger, comprising a drawer or receptacle, holders arranged therein and provided at their upper edges with swinging flaps which overlap one another, and detachable voucher-envelops carried by said iaps and suitably ruled on their faces to receive entries, substantially as set forth.

5. In a card record or ledger, aholder havinga swinging record-flap provided at its edge with an index-tab, substantially as set forth.

6. In a card record or ledger, aholder provided at its upper edge with a swinging ap and a detachable record-surface carried by said flap, substantially as set forth.

7. ln a card record or ledger, aholder provided at its upper edge with a swinging flap and a record-envelop detachably secured to said flap and suitably ruled on its face to receive entries, substantially as set forth.

` 8. In a oard record or ledger, a voucherholder, comprising an open-ended folder provided at the upper edge of one of its leaves with a swinging iiap having slits and a pro-A jecting index-tab, and a detachable recordsurface engaging in said slits, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 26th day of June, 1905.

JAMES H. RAND.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. RAND, Jr., R. B. RAYMOND. 

